07/09/15 - 'The Night Circus' by Erin Morgenstern
The Night Circus is as much about a night circus as Trainspotting is about drugs, The Fault In Our Stars is about cancer or Fight Club is about men beating each other up. Such is the way with good books. You should never judge one by its cover - or in this instance, its title. There is so much more to The Night Circus; it's a tale of adventure, friendship, magic and romance, it's a battle of dreams versus reality, and above all it's an utterly beautiful flight of fancy which had me enthralled from the very beginning.
25/08/15 - 'The History Boys' by Alan Bennett #InfiniteVarietyBooks
It's been far too long since I did a bookish blog post and as an avid reader, writing about books is something that I am determined to start doing more of...starting from now! I stumbled across this post on the lovely Sterling's blog and I was keen to jump on this particular bandwagon. I absolutely love the idea of a blogger's book club and particularly when I saw that the first month's book was Alan Bennett's The History Boys (aka. my favourite play), I couldn't resist getting involved.
04/06/15 - An Evening with Amanda Palmer at RNCM
Amanda Palmer has been on most people's radars in some form or another for the past fifteen years, but it was her 2014 TED talk that made the world sit up and listen. This was followed by her debut book - part autobiography, part self-help book - The Art of Asking which elaborates on her idea of the relationship between artist and audience. Since its release last November, the book has gained momentum with support from the likes of Caitlin Moran and Brené Brown. I bought the book for my boyfriend when it came out after he was inspired to read it by the viral TED talk, and on his recommendation we purchased tickets for An Evening with Amanda Palmer.
03/09/14 - Monthly Reads: August
I read a lot...not as much as I used to, but still a considerable amount. Sometimes I read things that maybe aren't quite worthy of an entire review post of their own, but that I still want to share with the world. Sometimes I might want to write an entire review of something but just know that I'll never get around to it. So I've decided to give you a little rundown of everything I've read recently in handy bite-sized chunks...this might be a bit of a cop-out, but at least I get a chance to have a little chat about them all.
